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Friday, December 11, 2015

Pats - Rockets Game Day Preview

The Regina
Pats (14-12-2-1) kick off a 3 game in 3 day weekend tonight when they host the
Kelowna Rockets (22-6-1-0). Tonight is the 1st and only meeting of
the season between the two clubs, the Rockets are currently the 4th ranked team in the CHL . Puck drop is at 7:00 with the pre-game at 6:35 on 620
CKRM.

Team
Comparison

Regina

Kelowna

Record

14-12-2-1

22-6-1-0

Goals
For/Against

87/96 (-9)

117/82 (+35)

Powerplay

14.2% (19/134)

24.6 % (30/122)

Penalty
Kill

76.8% (106/138)

81.7% (103/126)

Team
Save Percentage

0.913

0.913

Leading
Scorer

Adam Brooks
(14-23-37)

Tyson Baillie
(18-31-49)

Leading
Scorer (Defence)

Connor Hobbs (8-9-17)

Lucas Johansen
(3-13-16)

Scoring by Period (1st-2nd-3rd-OT)

27-29-26-5

29-37-49-1

Average
Age

17.79 yrs

18.12 yrs

The Lead UpThe Pats dropped
a 4-3 decision at home to the Calgary Hitmen on Wednesday night at the Brandt
Centre. Lane Zablocki, Connor Hobbs and Colton Kroeker provided the offense but
the Hitmen battled back from 3, one goal deficits and got the game winner
halfway through the 3rd period from Carsen Twarynski.

The Rockets were last in action on Saturday when
they beat the Portland Winterhawks 4-2 for their 3rd straight win.
Nick Merkley, Dillon Dube and Justin Kirkland each had 2 point nights and the
Rockets outshot Portland 54-29 in the contest. The Rockets have won 8 of their
last 10 and hold the best record in the WHL.

Zborovskiy
Gone

Pats defenceman Sergey Zborovskiy is gone to Moscow
Russia for selection camp for the 2016 World Junior Hockey Championship.
Zborovskiy is one of three Russiand WHL players who are looking for a spot with
the national team. The others are Ivan Provorov of the Brandon Wheat Kings and
Radel Fazleev of the Calgary Hitmen.

Merkley
and Chartier off with Team Canada

Rockets
forwards Nick Merkley and Rourke Chartier are gone to selection camp for Team
Canada for the World Juniors. Merkley is a 1st round pick of the
Arizona Coyotes and is second in team scoring with 30 points. Chartier is a 4th round pick of the San Jose Sharks and he has 9 points in just 10 games played
so far this year. The Rockets are also without Tomas Soustal who is at
selection camp with the Czech Republic and Calvin Thurkauf is off with Team
Switzerland.

Hobbs
Streaking

Pats defenceman Connor Hobbs has put together a
really good stretch of offense. The 18-year-old Washing Capitals draft pick is
riding a seven game point streak with 4 goals and 4 assists over that stretch. Hobbs
is currently tied for 3rd amongst defenceman with 8 goals on the
season. Calgary’s Jake bean leads the way with 12 goals.